Improvement in gates



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' Patented' June 19,1877.

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, ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL BARRETT AND JAMES F. QUINN, OF WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS,

' ASSIGNORS TO SAID QUINN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 192,143, dated June19, 1877; application filed April 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL BARRETT and JAMES F. QUINN, of Wilmington,Will county, Illinois, have invented a new and Im proved Gate, of whichthe following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved gate, and Fig. 2 is an endelevation.

Our invention belongs to that class of gates that are operated from thevehicle or from horseback without dismounting; and it consists of a gateguided by rollers and moved by a Windlass having long shafts, which areprovided with cranks that may be operated from a carriage or fromhorseback.

In the drawing, A is a gate of ordinary construction, excepting that itsstiles a a project upward above its upper rail and its lower rail b isdouble the length of the others, and projects beyond the gate-post. Therail b runs upon a roller, 0, that is journaled in thedouble post B,through which the gate slides, and is also guided between rollers d,that are journaled between short posts e. A brace, j; connects the outerend of the rail b and the upper end of the stile a.

O is a timber that is secured to the top of the gate-post B, and extendsequally on both sides of the post, at right angles to the gate, and issupported by braces 9. To the ends of the timber O the hangers h areattached, in which and in the post B the shaft D is journaled. The endsof the shaft D are provided with cranks E, and to the center of it,between the sides of the post B, the drum '1: is fastened.

F is a spring-latch that is attached toone of the rails of the gate, andengages a plate, j, that is attached to the gate-post G when the gate isclosed. A rope, H, is attached to the spring-latch F, and passes upwardand through a hole in the stile a, and thence through an eye, k, on thepost B, and is secured to the drum 0'.

I is a rope that is attached to the stile a, and passes through an eye,I, on the post B, and is wound several times around the drum 2'.

The operation of our improved gate is as follows: One of the cranks E,being turned, winds the rope H and first draws up the latch F. Itthendraws the gate back, the rope H being wound while the rope I isunwound.

The gate is closed by reversing the operation.

Theadvantages claimed for our improved gate are that it may be easilyoperated without dismounting from the carriage or horse; itis simple,inexpensive, and cannot be clogged by snow.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The gate A, having the extended rail b andstiles a a, the spring-latch F, and ropes H I, in combination with theshaft D, having cranks E, and carrying the drum '5, substantially asshown and described.

DANIEL BARRETT. JAMES F. QUINN.

Witnesses J. S. TOBIAS, J. N. STEWART.

